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Many pages have been written on the Iraq War - its origins, its goals, the mistakes made, and the tragic stalement in which Iraq is stuck now - by people whose knowledge and experiences are very impressive. Our intention is not to add another forum that would comment on these matters.

Our goal is to offer a more personal discussion that accompanies a concrete proposition that could act as a catalyst to react positively with the stagnant stalemate in which all the parties to this complex situation find themselves today...

... and our central objective is to give direction toward a concrete and positive outcome for the courageous and suffering men, women, and children in the United States and in Iraq who have sacrificed so much, whether voluntarily or not, in the path of History's unforgiving wake.

This blog is specifically focused on both defending the proposition that it offers while incorporating alternative ideas coming from criticism whether positive and negative. We will post comments that we find constructive whether we agree or not, but this is not an open forum for intellectual narcissism or ideological obstinacy..

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7/22/07

One Week Later...

... the situation has not changed. We've spent most of our free time communicating this proposal to members of Congress, the media, and the foreign policy intelligensia who all seem to want to find a solution to the current tragic conundrum but who all either offer ambitious definitive schemes or defend the status quo until the reporting on "The Surge" occurs in September and thereafter.

More specifically, we have not commented about Levin/Reed and other amendments to the Defense appropriations bill nor about the all-nighter that the Senate had earlier this week. The concrete political and somewhat theatrical nature of the exercise aside, the one thing that it cleared demostrated was just how harsh the divide can become.

On the other hand, we have begun a detailed reading of the Counterinsurgency Field Manual that was recently released by the University of Chicago Press. We'll have more to say on that reference as it is being applied to Iraq...

We hope that the NIM Project offers an alternative that a clear supermajority as seen by our Congressional representatives - first in the Senate - could lead to a compromise that would either force President Bush to go along or to face a constitutional confrontation forthwith...

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